Emotional Humza Yusaf resigns as Scotland’s first minister ahead of two no confidence votes
An emotional Humza Yousaf has quit as Scotland’s first minister, in a huge boost for Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s hopes north of the border.
In the latest blow to the SNP, which has been in turmoil since the departure of Nicola Sturgeon last February, Mr Yousaf threw in the towel ahead of two tough no-confidence votes this week.
“Politics can be a brutal business,” the outgoing first minister said, at times fighting back tears.
Professor Sir John Curtice told The Independent that chaos engulfing the SNP was “God’s gift to the Labour Party”. Under Sir Keir, it is battling to win back tens of seats lost amid a wipeout for Labour in Scotland in 2015.
At the last general election, Labour won just one Westminster seat north of the border, with
